Organizations get $2.5M in grants

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The Glick Fund on Wednesday announced grants to 37 organizations totaling $2.5 million.

The fund is part of the Central Indiana Community Foundation. The grants cover the arts, education, human needs, the alleviation of suffering, self-sufficiency and job skills.

See below for the organizations and how much money they received.

Arts and creative expression grants

Art With A Heart
Programming support
$50,000
Asante Children’s Theatre
Support for the Prep4Life program
$5,000
Athenaeum Turners School of Performing Arts
Programming support
$12,000
Big Car
Operating support and a matching grant
$50,000
The Cabaret at the Columbia Club
Operating support
$20,000
Dance Kaleidoscope
Programming support
$15,000
Indiana Repertory Theatre
Support for community outreach and student programs
$75,000
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Programming support for the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra
$40,000
The New Harmony Project
Support for play and script development workshops held at Butler University
$5,000
VSA Indiana
Programming support
$25,000

Education grants

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana
Support for mentoring programs and improving match retention
$250,000
Christamore House
Support for one full-time youth worker for after-school programs
$50,000
Day Nursery
Support for scholarships for low-income families
$75,000
The Fortune Academy
Operating support
$10,000
Indianapolis Public Schools
Support for a preschool program at IPS School #103
$175,560
KIPP Indianapolis College Preparatory
Support for arts education and character development programs partnered with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
$10,000
The Mind Trust
Operating support
$25,000
Providence Cristo Rey High School
Support for transportation to work-study programs and scholarships for low-income students
$325,000
School on Wheels
Support for program impact assessment plan
$50,000
Starfish Initiative
Support for a program director who will help evaluate the mentor program and effectiveness project
$20,000
Summer Advantage USA
Support for summer academic and enrichment programs in Indianapolis
$10,000
United Way of Central Indiana
Support to expand preschool programming for children living in the area covered by zip code 46235
$292,113

Need programs/alleviating human suffering grants

CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions
Support for Adult Guardianship Coalition of Central Indiana director
$50,000
Connect2Help
Operating support
$75,000
Dayspring
Support for case management and children’s services
$110,000
John H. Boner Community Center
Support for the Play 60 and Fit Kids Summer Camp at Chase Near Eastside Legacy Center
$49,266
John P. Crain House
Support for a kitchen renovation
$60,000
Joy’s House
Support of guest scholarships
$100,000
Miracle Place
General operating support for educational opportunities, cultural experiences and community care
$40,000
Second Helpings
Operating support
$65,000

Self-sufficiency/job skills/training grants

Coburn Place Safe Haven
Matching grant
$75,000
Damar Services
Support of autism transition initiative
$25,000
Forest Manor Multi-Service Center
Program and evaluation support
$75,000
Girls Incorporated of Greater Indianapolis
Program support and matching grant
$200,000
Growing Places Indy
Support for the development of a strategic plan
$5,000
Noble of Indiana
Programming support to help people with disabilities gin skills of employment
$60,000
Trusted Mentors
Operating support
$85,000